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Here are a selection of taimen fly patterns used by Mikhail Skopets in the Russian Far East. Misha is a professional fish biologist & enthusiastic fly-fisherman based out of Khabarosk. More fly patterns can be found on his website at www.xapuys.ru

One of our favorite fly fishing set ups in Mongolia is fishing a hopper dropper rig for lenok, grayling and Taimen. With this you have the chance to catch lenok and grayling all day long, and even taimen are often tempted by the hopper.

The String Thing is an awesome steelhead fly and worth swinging for Taimen. Try it in olive, black or purple. Link: Pretty in Pink on Way Upstream

Back in November I asked whether or not I should publish some of our taimen fly patterns, the response was “Do it!”. My reasoning behind this is in the original post Taimen Flies . Here’s a selection of Alberto Salvini’s favorite patterns for a start.

Over the years I’ve developed my own taimen flies for fly-fishing in Mongolia, and I’ve collected and adapted fly patterns from friends and fellow taimen guides. I now have a range of flies to use in different situations.